Kenya’s Gender and affirmative action principal secretary calls for abolition of kangaroo courts
According to the principal secretary, the county has in the past three months recorded 46 SGBV cases with the latest case involving a 76-year-old man who had repeatedly been defiling a nine-year-old girl. Similarly, a total of 106 suicide cases were recorded in the last 11 months in the county with a majority of the victims being men.
Women from 23 communities in arid and semi-arid lands demand policies that firmly address marginalisation
Under the umbrella of a decade-old organisation – the indigenous Women Council, about 300 women grassroots leaders converged for a three-day workshop at a Nanyuki hotel, Laikipia County, as part of celebration of indigenous people’s day.